Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
SHE HEARD THEM COUNTED.
"Jess Nine Dozen and One More in
Case "Tse Discounted MYSELF


Texas Siftingsl
Old Nose who sells eggs anu chickens on
the streets Of Austin for living. is a. hon
est an old negro as ever lived, but he has
got the habit Of chatting faIniliarly with his
customer, hence he frequently makes mi'-
takes in counting out the eggs they buy.
He carries his wares AROUND in small car;
drawn By diminutive donkey. He stopped
in front of the resi- iience of Mrs Samuel
Burton TIE old lady her ELF came out to
the gate to make the purchase
Have you got any eggs this morning,
Uncle MOseP she asked.
YES, indeed has. jess got i'll ten dozen
from the kentry.'
Are they fre>hF"
a gua'antee 'em. knows dey am fresh
jess de same as ef / had laid 'em myself"
III take nine doz,n You can Juet count
them into this basket
"Au right, mum" He counts, "One, two
free foah, five, six ss5en eight. nine ten.
You KIN rely on dem bein' fresh. Hnw's your
son COMM ON at de SCHOOL, He mus Re mos
grown"
Yes, Uncle Nose; he is a clerk in a bank
at Galveston
How ole am de boyr
He is IS"
You don't tole me so. Eighteen and get
ting salary already, eighteen, counting,
nineteen. twenty, twenty-one, twenty-five
Twenty-Five, twenty -foah, twenty five. and
how's yore gal c.,min onl She was mos
gro we'd up de las time ] seed herr
"She is married and living in Dallas"
wall, l declar' How de time scoot
away: An yo' say she has childrun' Why
how ole am de gal' She anus be jsS.
about"
Thirty three"
Amy dat so' lcountiny), frty-free, firty-
foah, firty- five. firty six, firty eben. tirty
eight, firty-nne, forty, forty-one. forty-two
forty free. Hit am SO singler dat you ha:
sish old childruns can't b'leeve you ha'
granchildruns You don't look more der
40 yeahs Old yerself'
Nonsense, old man, l zee you want +
fatter me. When person gets to be S
years old
"Flfty-free! jess dun gwinter b'leev'
hit, fifty free, tirty-foah, fifty-ive, fiftySi,
IL want you to pay tsnshun when l count
de egg, so dar'll be no mistake-ffty-n!ne
sixty, sixty one, gixty-twO, sixty-three
six3y-foah-Whey! Dis am a warm day
Dis am de tins ab yeah when | feels Is,
gettin' ole myself 1 amt long fer deS world
You comes from an ole family. When YOU
fodder died be was 10 years Ole
"Seventy-twO.'
"Dat's old, suah. Sebenty-two, sebenty
free, sebenty foah, sebsnty five, sebenty six
ssbenty -seben, sebenty- eight sebenty- Iine-
and your mudderl She was one Of tn
no lest-looking ladies ebber see. You re
minds me oh her SO much. She libbsd 3
mos 100. l bleeves she was dun pass a cen
turion when sho died"
NO, Uncle Nose, she was only 96 whe
she died.
Den she warn't no chicken when she died
know wdat-ninety-siX, ninety. Sebsn, ninety
eight, ninety nine, one hundred, one, two
free, foah, five, six, seben, eight-1ar. 10
nice fresh egg,-jess nine dozen, and her
am one NOAH egg in case has discounte
myset'
Old Nose went Oh his way rejoicing.
| few days afterward Mrs Burton said TO he
husband:
Il am afraid we will have to discharg
Matilda | am satisfied she steals the mil
and eggs. am positive about the eggs, 70
bought them day before yesterday, an
| now about half of them are gone. l stoo'
| right there and heard Old Nose count then
myself, and there were nine dozsn"